Whois & Analysis for disabroad.org

DIS – Study Abroad in Scandinavia (DIS) is a non-profit study abroad organization with locations in Copenhagen (Vestergade) and Stockholm (Valhallavägen), offering semester, academic year, and summer programs taught in English.

Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice.

It has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage.

There are a variety of approaches to professional development, including consultation, coaching, communities of practice, lesson study, mentoring, reflective supervision and technical assistance.

Flextime (also spelled flexitime [British English], flexi-time) is a flexible hours schedule that allows workers to alter workday start and finish times.

In contrast to traditional work arrangements that require employees to work a standard 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. day, flextime typically involves a "core" period of the day during which employees are required to be at work (e.g., between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m), and a "bandwidth" period within which all required hours must worked (e.g., between 5:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m).

The working day outside of the "core" period is "flexible time", in which employees can choose when they work, subject to achieving total daily, weekly or monthly hours within the "bandwidth" period set by employers, and subject to the necessary work being done.

The total working time required of employees on flextime schedules is the same as that required under traditional work schedules.

A flextime policy allows staff to determine when they will work, while a flexplace policy allows staff to determine where they will work.

Advantages include allowing employees to coordinate their work hours with public transport schedules, with the schedules of their children, and with daily traffic patterns to avoid high congestion times such as rush hour.